Disposal bags for pads, tampons, and other items

Abstract

Multiple, separable disposal bags for tampons and pads are wrapped around a center roll. Each bag is connected to the next bag on the roll by a seam that includes a slit and a series of perforations separating connection points between the bags. A bag tail secures the first bag to itself by a bag tail that has an adhesive portion and a free, tab portion. The adhesive portion is attached to the first bag at a first zone and to a different portion of the first bag at a second zone. A user can pull on the free-tab portion of the bag tail to detach the second zone of the adhesive portion from the first bag. The first zone of the adhesive portion remains attached to the first bag after the first bag is detached from the subsequent bag at their seam.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A roll of disposal bags for pads, tampons, and other items, the roll of disposal bags comprising:
 a center core tube;   multiple, separable disposal bags rolled around the center roll; and   a bag tail having:
 an adhesive portion having a first zone of adhesive and a second zone of adhesive, the adhesive portion attached to an end of a first disposal bag of the multiple, separable disposal bags within the first zone and to either another portion of the first disposal bag or a subsequent disposal bag within the second zone; 
 a free, tab portion extending away from the end of the first bag roll and unattached from any of the multiple, separable disposal bags. 
   
     
     
         2 . The roll of disposal bags of  claim 1 , wherein the multiple separable disposal bags are separable by a perforated seam. 
     
     
         3 . The roll of disposal bags of  claim 2 , wherein the seam includes a series of perforations separating connection points between consecutive separable disposal bags and a slit. 
     
     
         4 . The roll of disposal bags of  claim 3 , wherein the series of perforations between the connection points are spacings of the same width. 
     
     
         5 . The roll of disposal bags of  claim 3 , wherein at least some of the perforations between the connection points are spacings of different widths. 
     
     
         6 . The roll of disposal bags of  claim 3 , wherein a width of a perforation between the connection points is smallest at an edge of the seam and progressively increases in size as the perforations progress toward the slit until the perforation with the largest width is adjacent the slit. 
     
     
         7 . The roll of disposal bags of  claim 3 , wherein the slit is a U-shape. 
     
     
         8 . The roll of disposal bags of  claim 3 , wherein the slit is a V-shape. 
     
     
         9 . The roll of disposal bags of  claim 1 , wherein the first zone of adhesive has a different volume of adhesive than the second zone of adhesive. 
     
     
         10 . The roll of disposal bags of  claim 1 , wherein the first zone of adhesive has a different concentration of adhesive than the second zone of adhesive. 
     
     
         11 . The roll of disposal bags of  claim 1 , wherein the first zone of adhesive has a different type of adhesive than the second zone of adhesive. 
     
     
         12 . The roll of disposal bags of  claim 1 , wherein the adhesive covers the entirety of the first zone. 
     
     
         13 . The roll of disposal bags of  claim 1 , wherein the adhesive covers a portion of the second zone. 
     
     
         14 . The roll of disposal bags of  claim 1 , wherein the adhesive covers the entirety of the first zone and the second zone. 
     
     
         15 . The roll of disposal bags of  claim 1 , wherein a detachment force to detach the second zone of the adhesive from the first bag or the subsequent bag is less than a detachment force to detach the first zone of the adhesive from the first bag. 
     
     
         16 . The roll of disposal bags of  claim 15 , wherein the detachment force to detach the second zone of the adhesive from the first bag or the subsequent bag is 3.7 ounces of force, and the detachment force to detach the first zone of the adhesive from the first bag is 18.3 ounces of force. 
     
     
         17 . The roll of disposal bags of  claim 1 , wherein a detachment force to detach the second zone of the adhesive from the first bag or the subsequent bag compared to a detachment force to detach the first zone of the adhesive from the first bag is a 1:5 ratio. 
     
     
         18 . The roll of disposal bags of  claim 1 , wherein first zone is larger than the second zone. 
     
     
         19 . The roll of disposal bags of  claim 1 , wherein the bag tail is tapered and has two rounded ends. 
     
     
         20 . The roll of disposal bags of  claim 1 , wherein the free, tab portion has a smaller width than the adhesive portion. 
     
     
         21 . The roll of disposal bags of  claim 1 , wherein free, tab portion is a majority of the bag tail over the adhesive portion. 
     
     
         22 . The roll of disposal bags of  claim 1 , wherein the free, tab portion has no adhesive.